#156E72#156E72

#156E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.078 H 199.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E72
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, -22.94, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 24.80, 202.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.16% -0.0734 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(49.16% 0.078 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9211, 12.5251, 17.8637)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E72 #721915

analogous

#157248 #156E72 #154072

triadic

#156E72 #72156E #6E7215

tetradic

#156E72 #481572 #721915 #407215

square

#156E72 #481572 #721915 #407215

split-complementary

#156E72 #721540 #724815

monochromatic

#05191A #0B3C3E #156E72 #1FA0A6 #2AD0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#156E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#156E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E72

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E72	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.078 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989a',
    500: '#156e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e72;
$custom-light: #66989a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.581,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49164,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E72

secondary

#A83F3B

accent

#443CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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